Reviews

Board Game Review – Exchange, a stock market based economic board game from Bicycle Cards

June 17, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Today I take a look at Exchange, a very pure stock trading game published by Bicycle Cards under their new Light Strategy Game banner.

In Exchange, players are brokers at the dawn of the stock market playing through five rounds to find out who has the most valuable portfolio. [ READ MORE ]

RPG Review – Mermaid Adventures a Great RPG for Kids from Third Eye Games

June 10, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Finding the right role-playing game to get your kids into roleplaying can be hard. The first RPG I introduced my kids to was Mermaid Adventures by Eloy Lasanta and Third Eye Games.

Mermaid Adventures is a traditional roleplaying game set in an undersea world that is presented in a way that is, and featuring mechanics that are, easily accessible to kids and new gamers alike. [ READ MORE ]

I attended my first online game convention – A look at Renegade Con: Virtual

June 9, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

This past weekend I took some time to take part in Renegade Con: Virtual an online tabletop game convention put on by Renegade Game Studios.

I had my doubts about how much an online game con could feel like a real con but was very impressed with my experience with this virtual con last weekend. It really did have some of the feel of a physical game convention. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Review – The Alpha a wolf pack themed hobby board game from Bicycle Cards

May 27, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

I have to admit I was a bit shocked when I got an email from Bicycle Cards about reviewing a couple of hobby board games. I didn't know that the largest card game company in the world is now trying to break into the board game market. This is a look at one of their two new light strategy games, The Alpha.

In The Alpha, three to six players take on the role of a wolf pack and have to compete for limited food resources. Packs battle for dominance and food using a prisoner's dilemma mechanic, but that's only after a successful chase. Sometimes a hunt turns up nothing. [ READ MORE ]

Back to the Borg: A Return to the Star Trek Deck Building Game – Re-Review

May 19, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

With our regular game nights currently on hold, it's been difficult for me to get new games to the table. Due to this, this week I'm going to take a look at and update another classic game review. This time it's a review of The Star Trek Deck Building Game from Bandai.

I originally checked out The Next Generation Next Phase Edition of the Star Trek Deck-Building game back in June of 2013.

Below you will find the text from this original Star Trek card game review, with only very minor editing. I want to keep the feel and tone of the original post. I will, at times, insert comments or corrections, and you will find these in [square brackets]. I have also included the original pictures. After the original post, you can find my current thoughts on the game. [ READ MORE ]

King Me! – A Family Game from Ravensburger that is an Evolution of Checkers

May 12, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Draughts or Checkers as it's better known in North America has been around for over 5000 years and continues to be a popular board game even now. Today I'm going to review King Me!, a game that takes the basic mechanics of Checkers and turns it into a family weight area majority boardgame.

Like it's predecessor, Checkers, King Me! from Ravensburger only plays two players. While the basic mechanics may be the same, there's a lot more to King Me! than moving diagonally and jumping over the opponent's pieces. [ READ MORE ]

Review of Clans of Caledonia an Economic Board Game set in 19th-Century Scotland

May 5, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Clans of Caledonia: A Game about Whisky, Trade and Glory. This was the title of the Kickstarter for Clans of Caledonia the board game and I've got to say that name caught my interest right away.

In this economic strategy game for 1 to 4 players, you take on the role of one of many Scottish Clans in 19th-Century Scotland and work to improve Scotland through trade and export. [ READ MORE ]

Review of The Fox in the Forest Duet, a cooperative trick taking card game for two players

April 29, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Sometimes you only have two players, you want to play a board game together and you really want to play together on the same team. That is where a two-player cooperative board game like The Fox in the Forest Duet really shines.

The Fox in the Forest Duet is not to be confused with just The Fox in the Forest, which is also a two-player trick-taking card game with a fairy tale theme. We're talking about the Duet version of this card game, the big difference being that The Fox in the Forest Duet is cooperative. [ READ MORE ]

Review of The Fox in the Forest, a trick taking card game for two players.

April 22, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

Some of the most popular tabletop games in the world are trick-taking cards games. Games like Euchre, Poker, Hearts and Spades. The Fox in the Forest is a modern trick-taking card game that is designed to be played with only two people.

I know what you are thinking, and it's exactly what I thought when I first heard about The Fox in the Forest and that's, "But how can trick-taking work and be fun with only two players?" Well, let's find out. [ READ MORE ]

Review of Pulsar 2849 – A Dice Driven Sci-Fi Engine Builder from CGE

April 13, 2020 by Moe T. Leave a Comment

As a long time gamer, I have a love/hate relationship with dice. I'm always happy when I find a dice driven game that works well and Pulsar 2849 is one of the best dice based board games I've played. It's also one of the most stingy action selection games ever.

In Pulsar your use your dice to explore the stars, claim pulsars, discover technologies and build an energy-distribution infrastructure on a cosmic scale. [ READ MORE ]

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